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i want a text area field in which copy,cut and paste action should be disabled without using the jpassword. ie user cannot cut/copy or paste in this field area.

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H friend,

import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.awt.TextArea;
import java.awt.TextComponent;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.text.DefaultEditorKit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

import javax.swing.AbstractButton;

public class CutPastAWT {
public static void main(String args[]) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("simple Cut and paste Example");

Container content = frame.getContentPane();
JTextField textField = new JTextField("", 30);
JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(" ",4, 25);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);

content.add(textField, BorderLayout.NORTH);
content.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);

Action actions[] = textField.getActions();

Action cutAction = TextAction.findAction(actions, DefaultEditorKit.cutAction);
Action copyAction = TextAction.findAction(actions, DefaultEditorKit.copyAction);
Action pasteAction = TextAction.findAction(actions, DefaultEditorKit.pasteAction);

JPanel panel = new JPanel();
content.add(panel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

JButton cutButton = new JButton(cutAction);
cutButton.setText("Cut");
panel.add(cutButton);

cutButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_D);
cutButton.setActionCommand("disable");

JButton copyButton = new JButton(copyAction);
copyButton.setText("Copy");
panel.add(copyButton);

copyButton.setMnemonic(KeyEvent.VK_E);
copyButton.setActionCommand("enable");
copyButton.setEnabled(false);

JButton pasteButton = new JButton(pasteAction);
pasteButton.setText("Paste");
panel.add(pasteButton);

frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setSize(400, 400);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
}

class TextAction {
private TextAction(){
}

public static Action findAction(Action actions[], String key) {
Hashtable commands = new Hashtable();
for (int i = 0; i < actions.length; i++) {
Action action = actions[i];
commands.put(action.getValue(Action.NAME), action);
}
return (Action) commands.get(key);
}
}
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Thanks,

Amardeep

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